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FP&A Analyst CSD (Customer Supply & development)

Location: 

Lodz, PL, 90-530

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:

 

Role on FP&A Analyst will provide quantitative, analytic support to the business partners on the ground and the management of an array of plants for making strategic, operational and tactical decisions in the areas of plant operations and supply chain (CSD - Customer Supply & Development). Support efficient, harmonized and high quality reporting and analysis across multiple plants, maintaining a high standard. Steer initiatives aimed at sharing best practices, knowledge and continuous improvement of analytics as well as reporting processes.

 

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Create a cost proposal in close coordination with local BP and factory management and consolidating data where applicable
  • Perform variance analysis versus budget and prior year plus other metrics as well as on estimates for plant costs and other KPIs 
  • Drive the analysis of factory costs in interaction with local/cluster business partners, promoting best practices and influencing positive change
  • Develop proposals on budget & forecast. Review with local/cluster business partners and functional management, enriching with local insights to create accurate action plans to achieve targets. 
  • Deep dive into volume/cost and productivity activities, identify exposure risks & recommend resolutions
  • Work together with Business Partners to identify drivers of costs and action plans to reduce them
  • Develop insightful presentations based on gained knowledge and in close collaboration with local/cluster BPs for various meetings 
  • Provide overall FP&A support, solving ad-hoc questions, influencing decision making, proactively identify findings and presenting insights in a simple and stakeholder-appropriate manner
  • Support cash and investment process for plants, from launching investment proposals to global support
  • Participate in cross-functional teams accountable for developing the yearly budgets and forecasts for owned scope
  • Other special projects include working to build, communicate, continuously improve and monitor new processes 
  • This position will need to build and maintain relationships with functional disciplines outside of Finance, including Supply Chain, Operations, Sales and Leadership team

 

 

About you:

 

  • 5+ years of experience in Controlling and/or FP&A and/or Reporting with obligatory accounting understanding
  • Prior experience in plant controlling desirable
  • Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools
  • Good operational knowledge of MS Office software with advanced Excel skills. VBA/Power Query/Power BI would be an advantage 
  • Documented proficiency with SAP and Business Warehouse
  • Proficiency in English, both written and oral. Additional foreign languages appreciated but not required.
     

 

We offer:

 

  • Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
  • Annual bonus based on your work results.
  • Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
  • Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
  • Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
  • PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
  • Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
  • Group life insurance.
  • Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
  • As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
  • Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
  • Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
  • And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
  • Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
  • You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
  • Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
  • Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
  • We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
  • Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

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